Welcome to the Martian Chronicles blog and the 87th Carnival of Space! I’m finishing up this post while sitting in the planning meeting for the Spirit rover (after doing my part, of course!), and would like to point out that this weekend marks Sol 1800 of our 90 sol mission. That’s right, Spirit has lasted 20 times longer than its nominal mission and is still going. Woohoo! Now without further … Continue reading Carnival of Space #87